In this episode we’re joined by <a href='https://www.sternekessler.com/professionals/eldora-l-ellison'>Eldora Ellison, PhD</a>, director at law firm Sterne Kessler and lead patent strategist for the CVC group in the MIT-Berkeley CRISPR patent litigation. We discuss the long and winding road of filing and defending patents, what it’s like to go from PhD scientist to law firm partner, how biotechnology advances are challenging the world of patents, and more!Links related to the episode: <a href='https://www.sternekessler.com/careers/lawyers-agents-scientists'>Careers at Sterne Kessler</a> <a href='https://store.legal.thomsonreuters.com/law-products/Treatises/US-Biotechnology-Patent-Law-2022-ed/p/106830772'>U.S. Biotechnology Patent Law by Jorge Goldstein</a> For more information about EBRC, visit our website at <a href='http://ebrc.org/'>ebrc.org</a>. If you are interested in getting involved with the EBRC Student and Postdoc Association, fill out a membership application for <a href='https://ebrc.org/apply-spa/'>graduate students and postdocs</a> or for <a href='https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSec-RI3RA5ZXfGmwN0dpEK9100EcZG-tfQjBTV9KRVAWEFMuw/viewform'>undergraduates</a> and join today! Episode transcripts are the unedited output from Whisper and likely contain errors.

20. Control Systems for Gene Expression and Work-Life Balance w/ Mustafa Khammash

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